oo SHOOTING: 



If in the dead time of the day you beat 



Still on, and scorn an August's mid-day heat, 



Ev'ry deep crack, as well as shady dell, 



Where now the grouse resort, be sure try well, 



And not unoften you will be repaid 



For this exertion, tho' your rest 's delay'd. 



The cock is often twenty ounces seen, 

 The hen in weight scarce e'er exceeds fifteen ; 

 Both to the Sportsman rightful prizes are, 

 As, unlike heath fowl, red grouse always pair. 

 The twentieth of the twelfth the act agrees 

 Shall end their danger, and the war shall cease. 

 In sending grouse or any other game 

 A distance, you will find this plan obtain : 

 Firstly, both dry and cold they ought to be, 

 And each wrapt in brown paper carefully, 

 Undrawn, at bottom of the basket place 

 Some heath, and lay them ; they'll be fit to grace 



